Morning all. Twenty years ago, Arsene Who? became Arsenal's new manager. Very few knew much about the man from France, but David Dein did and having failed in his attempt to get him to Arsenal the previous summer, in 1996 he got his man. It wasn't long before we Arsenal fans realised why David Dein was so keen to sign him up either. Arsenal changed. Diet, training, a new style of football and signings which like Arsene, not many of us had heard of, but soon turned Arsenal into winners again. Denis Bergkamp was already at the club but after the sacking of Bruce Rioch, he considered leaving, although once Arsene had been confirmed, such thoughts soon disappeared….. From 1996 through to...
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